WoRMS taxon details
Octorhopalona Toshino, Yamamoto & Saito, 2022
1594408 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1594408)
accepted
Genus
Octorhopalona saltatrix Toshino, Yamamoto & Saito, 2022 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Toshino, S.; Yamamoto, G.; Saito, S. (2022). Octorhopalona saltatrix, a New Genus and Species (Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata) from Japanese Waters. <em>Animals.</em> 12(13): 1600., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12131600
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
Taxonomic remark Note the unconfortably similar name Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 [syn. of Laodicea Lesson, 1843]
Taxonomic remark Note the unconfortably similar name Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 [syn. of Laodicea Lesson, 1843] [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Octorhopalona Toshino, Yamamoto & Saito, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594408 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Toshino, S.; Yamamoto, G.; Saito, S. (2022). Octorhopalona saltatrix, a New Genus and Species (Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata) from Japanese Waters. <em>Animals.</em> 12(13): 1600., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12131600
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Halimedusidae, with eight nematocyst tracks in the exumbrella; eight radial canals; eight characteristic perradial and interradial subumbrellar pockets in the mesogloea between the radial canals; eight tentacles, with numerous stalked nematocyst knobs over their entire length; tentacular bulbs swollen with an abaxial ocellus. [details]Taxonomic remark Note the unconfortably similar name Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 [syn. of Laodicea Lesson, 1843] [details]
